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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 5, 2021</span></b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">No. 1 Baylor Set for Rivalry Matchup at No. 2 Oregon<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Bears and Ducks will meet on Saturday at 5 p.m. CT in Eugene<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 919-247-7585, <u>Zach_Rhodes@baylor.edu</u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The No. 1-ranked Baylor acrobatics and tumbling team will hit the road to take on rival No. 2-ranked Oregon in Eugene on Saturday at 5 p.m. CT inside Matthew Knight Arena.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Bears (1-0) are coming into this meet after a 274.020 – 253.240 win at home over the University of Mary-Hardin Baylor
on Feb. 27.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Ducks (1-0) are heading into the matchup following a 277.53 – 252.97 victory over Arizona Christian on Feb. 21. Oregon swept all six events against Arizona Christian.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Bears last meet against the Ducks was on February 23<sup>rd</sup>, 2020, at the Ferrell Center. Baylor took the win
281.350 – 275.475, it was the eighth-consecutive win over Oregon dating back to 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The meet will be streamed on Oregon Live Stream-3 and fans can follow @BaylorAcroTumb on Twitter for live updates.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For updates on the program, follow @BaylorAcroTumb on Twitter and Instagram and @BaylorAcrobaticsandTumbling on Facebook<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Zach Rhodes</span></b><span style="color:black"> | Associate Director of Athletics Communications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">C: 919-247-7585 | O: 254-710-3784<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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